International Sports Challenge
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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International Sports Challenge let you and up to 3 friends compete in 6 different sports and 21 separate events. You can choose from any mixture of individual events (over 2000 combinations) or play them in sequence with the 26-mile marathon.

Sports available are: - Marathon, - Diving: one- and two-meter springboard, five-meter platform, or medley competition. More than 40 total dives are available. - Show-jumping: difficulty levels include Gymkhana, National, International and World. - Swimming: 50-, 100- or 200-metre races, using breast-stroke, butterfly or freestyle. You can also swim the 200-metre medley (50 metres each of breast-stroke, freestyle, back-stroke and butterfly). - Cycling: 1000- and 2000-metre courses in sprint or pursuit racing. - Shooting: skeet, trap, boar (moving) or target shooting.

While some events are purely rendered in 2D (marathon, diving, swimming, shooting), some other are a mixture of flat-shaded 3D and sprites (show-jumping, cycling).

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Awards

ST Format
January 1993 (issue #42) - #36 in '50 finest Atari ST games of all time' list

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Description from the packaging :

21 Separate events for 1-4 players.
Stunning combination of 3D vectors and big colorful sprites creating realistic graphics and enhanced playability.
Menu selection allows you to compete in individual events or an entire tournament.
The multi-course marathon is a totally original link event.
Saving of high scores allows you to create world records in each event.
Most in-depth multi-sports simulation ever to appear on home computers.
Over 2,000 different combinations of events.
Diving:

Over 40 dives to pick from on 1, 3, and 5 meter boards, together with a medley option.
More than 140 frames of animation gives this event unsurpassed realism and gameplay.
Shooting:

Sharp reflexes will be needed to break records in the shooting events.
4 Totally different events offering a wide spectrum of challenges from pistols to double barrel shotguns.
Show Jumping:

A masterpiece of 3D simulation!
Unique perspective, superb realism!
Different courses offering a multitude of challenges.
Cycling:

With stunning 3D vectors and unbelievable speed, the cycling event offers the most exhilarating and exciting race of your life.
Swimming:

Test your skills in the 100m Breastroke, 200m Freestyle, 400m Butterfly or 4x 100m Medley.
Marathon:
The unique marathon is a test of strategy and technique as you take your runner through the wall.

The marathon, linking all other events together, allows you to tackle the ultimate challenge.
4 Courses.
Choice of six different runners.
Changes in terrain, weather and altitudes.
International Sports Challenge brings you all the excitement of 6 different sporting events in the most realistic multi-sports simulation every produced.

Challenge the best, taste the glory, go for the gold.
